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Are there even that many “normal” ads? When I tally up all the ads for scams, and the ads for games that in turn are funded by ads, and the ads for the things I
by Joeri 6y ago
Are there even that many “normal” ads? When I tally up all the ads for scams, and the ads for games that in turn are funded by ads, and the ads for the things I just looked at and decided not to buy, I get a sneaking suspicion the online ad business itself is a scam.
- spockz 6y agoThere are all kind of ads I would be interested in: good clothing, good tools, good software, good food. Or for things that are useful but you never would have thought to use them. I can do without the gazillion different brands selling the same foam mattress and ads for products that I just bought.
- thekyle 6y agoWell good products don't need very much advertising.
- humbledrone 6y agoCoke? Nike? Disney movies? Apple products?
- thekyle 6y agoI use an ad blocker, so I don't know about online ads. But I haven't seen ads on mainstream TV for any of those things in a very long time.
- humbledrone 6y agoI don't know anything about you, but I still know that you have seen some kind of Coke advertisement in the last year, whether it's a billboard, product placement, the logo on a fountain fountain machine, etc. My point was that "good products don't need very much advertising" is obviously false, since some of the world's best products advertise.
- AntiImperialis2 6y agoI don't remember if I've seen a coke ad in the last year but I'm pretty sure I bought at least 100 litres of it.
- phaemon 6y agoAre these examples of good products or are you making some other point?
- humbledrone 6y agoYes, these are examples of good products that are among the world's largest advertisers.
- matt-attack 6y agoCounterpoint: Trader Joe’s, Costco and Tesla. Companies that do zero advertising and are largely considered excellent brands.
- humbledrone 6y agoNo counterpoint is needed, since I was not arguing that all good brands advertise, merely that some do. :)